Judicial system

Trinidad and Tobago's ban on gay sex overturned by UK's Privy Council

The ruling overturned provisions that criminalized so-called "buggery" and "serious indecency," which carried potential prison sentences of up to five years.

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Supporters of LGBT rights and equality conclude three weeks of solidarity-building events with a festive parade during the first annual Pride Arts Festival on July 28 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
(L-R): Gali Baharav-Miara, Yitzhak Amit, and Noam Sohlberg

No. 24: Gali Baharav-Miara, Isaac Amit, and Noam Sohlberg: Public faces of Israel’s justice system

Baharav-Miara was the government’s internal legal constraint; Amit, the judiciary’s institutional defender; Sohlberg, a conservative jurist placed at the center of political and social disputes.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, cast their vote during elections for the Likud Central Committee, at the Jerusalem International Convention Center, Nov. 25, 2025.

Jewish voting: How ancient Jewish tradition helped shape modern democracy - opinion

The Mishna, as well as other rabbinic works, detail voting procedures that were revolutionary for their time and that were handed down for generations. They influence democratic procedures today.

|ByMICAH HALPERN
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas. Thousands of October 7 victims and their families are seeking to hold the PA civilly liable, arguing that its long-standing prisoner payment and employment policies helped sustain terrorists who return to violence.

Pay-for-slay: Could the Palestinian Authority be held legally liable for October 7?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Thousands of plaintiffs are taking the PA to court, arguing that its financial and employment policies toward convicted terrorists create a link to the Hamas massacre.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Riskified to withdraw funds from Israel, relocate employees to Portugal

In the latest case of a hi-tech company leaving due to the government's reform plans, Riskified will reportedly transfer $500 million out of Israel.

MARCH 8, 2023ByZACHY HENNESSEY
WORKERS FROM the hi-tech sector protest against the proposed changes to the legal system, in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday.

Israel's coalition, opposition don't understand what compromise means - analysis

If Herzog and negotiation advocates fail, then the natural outcome of escalating use of force to push maximalist positions may change the conditions.

MARCH 7, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israel's Justice Minister Yariv Levin holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 4, 2023.

Israelis don't trust the courts – Netanyahu isn't the reason why - opinion

A Supreme Court without public trust cannot be a strong and independent body and this, among other things, is what the judicial reform aims to correct.

MARCH 7, 2023ByORI WERTMAN
SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut (center) and her fellow justices take their seats for a court hearing.

What Jewish history, tradition teaches about Israel's judicial reform - opinion

We see that throughout Jewish history there were always checks and balances between civil and religious/legal authorities. We need checks and balances.

MARCH 7, 2023ByDAVID GOLINKIN
DEMONSTRATORS OPPOSING the government’s proposed judicial overhaul protest outside President Isaac Herzog’s home in Tel Aviv, last Friday. The large banner accuses the government of being the destroyer of the ‘Third temple’

Israeli politicians prioritize power over people - opinion

In the past, anti-Israel activists have tried to push the notion that “Israel cannot be a Jewish and democratic state,” but look at how Israelis react when our democracy is on the line.

MARCH 7, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
THEN-FOREIGN MINISTER Yair Lapid and then-opposition member MK Bezalel Smotrich engage in an animated conversation in the Knesset, in 2021. The current coalition and opposition have both failed us, says the writer.

A-G involvement in reform a conflict of interest, NGOs petition court

The Attorney-General's Office stands to have its powers altered as part of the judicial reform process, so it has an interest in interfering, the NGOs said.

MARCH 6, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav Miara attends a conference of the Israeli chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), in Tel Aviv, earlier this year.

Herzog: We're closer than ever on agreement outline for judicial reform

Opposition leader Yair Lapid called on the coalition to listen to Herzog and cease the legislative process.

MARCH 6, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR, GREER FAY CASHMAN
Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023.

How is global media reporting Israel's judicial reform protests?

As Israel's judicial reforms progress through the Knesset, how is the information being presented on the global stage?

MARCH 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mounted police stand in front of people during a demonstration, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nationalist coalition government presses on with its contentious judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 4, 2023.

A protest in pictures: Israel's national 'day of disruption'

Take a look at just a few of the photos from the protests sweeping the country on Wednesday's national day of disruption.

MARCH 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Border Police officers work to prevent protesters from spilling over into the highway amid nationwide judicial reform protests, March 1, 2023.

Judicial reform: Judicial review, override clause passes committee first reading vote

The committee will reconvene on Sunday to vote on possible revisions to the judicial reform bill.

MARCH 1, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee vote to pass the second section of the judicial reform bill, March 1, 2023.